Tag: neonatal development
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Walking Experience and Locomotor Exploration in Premature Infants: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Introduction Prematurity, defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestational age, affects millions of infants worldwide each year. Beyond immediate medical concerns, prematurity can influence long-term neurodevelopment, including motor exploration—the way infants explore their environment through movement. This article summarizes a comparative cross-sectional study examining how walking experience interacts with locomotor exploration in prematurely born…
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Mother’s Voice Boosts Language Pathways in Preemies’ Brains
New Evidence Links Maternal Speech to Brain M development in Premature Infants Hearing the sound of a mother’s voice can shape the developing brains of premature babies, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study. The randomized trial, published online in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, found that regular exposure to recordings of mothers reading to their hospitalized…
